Five days after rollout, confusion still mars UT civic body’s waste collection system
The vehicles used for collecting and transporting the waste are monitored by a GPS-enabled tracking system. The GPS system is constantly monitored by the monitoring cell. Updated: December 28, 2020 5:15:45 am
Baljinder Singh Bittu, Chairman FOSWAC, took up the issue of door-to-door garbage collection which the Municipal Corporation took over in sectors 1-20 from December 22.
Even AFTER five days of the rollout of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh’s waste collection system in sectors 1 to 30 in Chandigarh– chaos and confusion still persists with the MC’s waste collecting vehicles and the informal waste collectors both running the errand in some areas. Residents said, there have also been days when none of the two turned up to collect the waste from some areas. As the MC vehicles are stationed at particular spots in some localities, residents said w
Garbage processing plant: Chandigarh MC to take up upgradation, agenda to be considered in House next week
“Overall, it is observed that the plant was constructed in 2008 as per MSW 2000 guidelines. Now it is mandatory to follow SWM 2016 Rules, which require segregated waste collection and processing, stated the report. December 21, 2020 2:52:03 am
The Garbage Processing Plant in Sector 25 (W) was set up in the 2008, and was being operated by M/s JayPee Associates. The civic body took possession of the plant in June 2020. (Representational)
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has decided to upgrade the recently acquired garbage processing plant located at Dadumajra. The agenda will come up in the General House meeting scheduled next week.